Americans Say “Send Them ALL Home" in Poll Shock - The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson

The 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson Episode Date: March 9, 2026
Episode Title: Americans Say “Send Them ALL Home" in Poll Shock

Episode Overview

In this episode of The 47 Morning Update, Ben Ferguson breaks down a striking new Harvard Harris poll indicating that a majority of Americans are now in favor of deporting all illegal immigrants from the United States. Ferguson analyzes the poll's implications for upcoming midterm elections, the divide within the Democratic party, and the broader national debate on immigration policy. The commentary underscores how these poll results challenge Democratic strategies and narratives, while reinforcing key Trump administration objectives.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Harvard Poll Results on Deportation (03:15–07:22)

Poll Findings:
A recent Harvard Harris poll (a “very liberal poll”) found that 57% of Americans support deporting all illegal immigrants in the country.
- This number includes 54% of political independents and a surprising 35% of Democrats.
- Among Republicans, support soars to 79%.
Ben Ferguson’s Reaction:
“That is a Harvard poll... Harvard. Do you understand? I'm gonna say it again because it's just so beautiful. Harvard.” (06:11)
- Ferguson repeatedly emphasizes that these are not “conservative skewed” results, but from a reputable, liberal-leaning institution.
Democratic Miscalculation:
Ferguson argues Democrats underestimated the extent of pro-deportation sentiment, even within their own base.

2. Nuanced Democratic Support (07:23–08:30)

Unexpected Numbers:
Ferguson notes 35% of Democrats supporting total deportation is “shockingly high.”
- “That's actually really high. It's shockingly high, in my opinion, that 35% of Democrats... want not some, all illegal immigrants in this country sent home.” (07:55)
Sampling Details:
The poll was conducted Feb 26-28 among about 2,000 registered voters by Harris Poll, Harris X, and Harvard.

3. Additional Immigration Measures: CDL Licensing (08:31–09:40)

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Issue:
64% of respondents support a law barring illegal immigrants from obtaining commercial driver’s licenses.
- Even 40% of Democrats favor this restriction.
  - “A higher number than I expected, 40% of Democrats say, yeah, you shouldn't be able to get a commercial driver's license, a CDL if you are an illegal immigrant.” (09:25)
Rationale:
Ferguson ties this to headline-grabbing incidents involving migrants and stresses language barriers.

4. Enforcement Tactics, ICE, & Local Cooperation (09:41–10:51)

Law Enforcement Views:
Swing voters generally dislike “tough police tactics” for deporting migrants, yet a majority expect local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
- Ferguson explains the concept of ICE detainers and criticizes sanctuary cities for failing to notify federal authorities.
  - “Sanctuary cities and states do not notify ICE when they have an illegal immigrant in custody... That's a problem.” (10:21)
Hiring/Firing Migrants:
Ferguson references recent DHS crackdowns on employers hiring undocumented workers.
- “One restaurant had to fire 29 illegal immigrant workers. So these employers know they're hiring illegals. They're doing it anyway. When they get caught, then they fire them because they don't want to deal with the aftermath.” (11:10–11:19)

5. Economic Arguments and Democratic Messaging (11:20–12:15)

Democratic Counterpoints:
Dems warn that mass deportation would cripple industries, spike prices, and risk business closures—Ferguson calls this a “lie.”
Populist Priorities:
Ferguson insists Americans, including many Democrats, want policy prioritizing citizens for:
- Jobs
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Housing All of which are, according to Ferguson, “affected by illegal immigrant labor.” (12:00)

6. Political Mandate for President Trump (12:16–12:42)

Message to the President:
Ferguson asserts the poll signals a “clear mandate” to pursue continued border enforcement and deportation efforts.
- “There is a clear mandate by the President of the United States... not only to secure the border, number one, but number two, to clean up our cities with illegal immigrant criminals and those that are in this country illegally.” (12:30)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On the poll source:
“That is a Harvard poll that includes 54% of political independence, 79% of Republicans, and actually 35% of Democrats.” (06:29)
On Democratic underestimation:
“This is an issue that Democrats didn't understand within their own party.” (06:59)
On the scale of support:
“It's shockingly high, in my opinion, that 35% of Democrats... want not some, all illegal immigrants in this country sent home.” (07:55)
On economic effects:
“That's also part of the lie. And I think everybody knows that.” (11:29)
On the President’s agenda:
“There is a clear mandate by the President...to secure the border, number one...number two, to clean up our cities with illegal immigrant criminals and those that are in this country illegally.” (12:30)

Key Timestamps

03:15 — Introduction and framing of Harvard poll results
06:11 — Emphasis on the significance of results coming from Harvard
07:55 — Surprise at Democratic support for deportation
09:25 — Support for CDL license restrictions
10:21 — Explanation of ICE detainers and sanctuary cities
11:10–11:19 — DHS crackdowns on illegal hiring in restaurants
12:30 — Ferguson’s message to President Trump

Summary Conclusion

This episode centers on a major poll indicating shifting public attitudes toward immigration and deportation, challenging Democratic messaging and supporting aggressive Trump administration policies. Ferguson stresses that the mainstream media is out of step with the electorate and urges the administration to take the numbers as a green light for continued tough stances on border security and deportations.

Intended takeaway: The “mandate” for mass deportation is growing, surprising even seasoned political observers, and could decisively shape the political landscape in 2026 and beyond.

Transcript

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Good Monday morning. Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update. And we've got a very big story for you. A brand new Harvard poll showing a clear majority of Americans support deporting all illegal immigrants from the United States. The numbers are raising serious questions about what the Democrats are now doing. And what does the data say moving into the midterms, I'll break it down for you. Having just come back from Israel, I want to paint you a picture. It's midnight, sirens are blaring and you have only seconds to grab your child and run. Now imagine you're elderly, your legs don't work like they used to. Getting downstairs feels impossible. And after all of that, you end up in a bomb shelter for hours, even days, because you can't make the trek again. This is what's happening across Israel as Operation Epic Fury continues. Children are being traumatized, families are just exhausted and homes have been destroyed. And that's why the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is there on the ground bringing food, emergency equipment, care for those children and help for the elderly and supplying the bomb shelters and medical centers for critically needed essentials. If you've ever wondered what it looks like to stand for Israel and stand for good against evil, this is it. And that's why I'm asking you to now please act. Give $45 right now to rush life saving essentials to the vulnerables under fire. You can also call 888-488-ICFCJ. That's 888-488-IFCJ. Join me and give and make a real difference online@ifcj.org that's ifcj.org it's a 47 morning update and it starts right now.

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interest out and nobody is talking about it now. We have seen what happened in Minnesota with ice. We've seen ICE going into cities and then the Trump administration trying to change course a little bit on it because the PR battle Democrats were losing their minds. The paid protesters were coming in. You had a couple people that were shot by ICE agents. And then that turned into a thing. And then you saw where, uh, they, they, they literally said, in Minnesota, all right, we're going to change course a little bit here. We're going to put Tom home in there to be in charge. We're going to pull back a little bit. Some people thought that was admitting defeat. I think it was actually a smart PR move. And Democrats felt like they had blood in the water and they were rallying against, you know, this is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants, even though we were taking out some seriously bad hombres. So Democrats were hoping, going into the elections this week, the primaries, and certainly into the midterms coming up in the next, you know, not that long away. What are we, nine months from now? What you are going to have less than that. What you were going to have is the immigration issue, which I would argue an exit poll showed was one of the main reasons why Donald Trump was reelected. People wanted there to be a secure border. They wanted law and order, and they thought there was way too many illegal immigrants in this country who were taking away American jobs and raising the prices of rent and housing and a lot of things like that. Democrats were hoping to flip that issue. Here's what's interesting. Even after all of the political hit jobs the media did in Minnesota, all the political hit jobs that the Democrats have done on ice, the defunding of ICE as they try to do with DHS defunding and the shutdown that we're dealing with right now and what we've witnessed for them, it's not working. How do we know that? Well, this is the poll that every one of you should be sharing. Americans are steadfast on saying that not only do they want a secure border, but they also want all illegal immigrants who are in this country sent home. How do we know this? Not a liberal, not a conservative poll, but a very liberal poll. Now, these polls usually skew overwhelmingly to the Democratic side of things. These are the polls I'm about to give you that tell you that Hillary Clinton was going to win the presidency, that Donald Trump was going to lose to Joe Biden, and then to Kamala Harris. Okay? A Harvard Harris poll. Okay? Harvard. Do you understand? I'm gonna say it again because it's just so beautiful. Harvard. So put a little asterisk by that and then think to yourself, what is the real number here? Their Number says that 57% of Americans want all illegal immigrants sent home. 57% of Americans want all legal immigrants at home. That is A Harvard poll that includes 54% of political independence, 79% of Republicans, and actually 35% of Democrats. So. So this is an issue that Democrats didn't understand within their own party. 35%, you can say, well, that's low. That's not in the Democratic Party. It's not. That's actually really high. It's shockingly high, in my opinion, that 35% of Democrats. All right, not independents, Democrats say, even as a Democrat, as someone that's a registered Democrat, I want not some. All illegal immigrants in this country sent home. This poll was also done recently. All right, it was done between February 26th and the 28th. It was also a larger poll, about 2,000 registered voters by the Harris Poll and Harris X in conjunction with Harvard. The majority support for mass deportations is also notable because it remains strong amid massive resistance to immigration. Politicians, the Democratic establishment, the establishment media, and various pop culture influencers have all come together to go and fight on this, as I mentioned earlier. Now, this poll also showed 63% support for a draft law. All right, and this is where it gets really interesting. 64% support a draft law that would bar the award of commercial driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. What does that mean? It means that the American people overwhelmingly are in favor of having a law that says if you are a legal immigrant, you can't get a driver's license and then go on the roads and kill people. Especially when you don't know English. We've seen those stories. Now, Democrats were hoping that those stories didn't hit okay. They were hoping that those stories would fail. They were hoping that those stories would be a disaster for Republicans and somehow not for Democrats. Well, guess what? This is exactly what I thought was going to happen. This is the Democratic Party yet again and the media yet again lying to the American people on this issue. Flat out, 100% lying. Now, 40% of Democrats also, by the way, and I think this is actually a really high number for Democrats. 40% of Democrats favor this as well. So on two different issues on immigration, Democrats and a higher number than I expected, 40% of Democrats say, yeah, you shouldn't be able to get a commercial driver's license, a CDL if you are an illegal immigrant. Now, the majority support also for deportations, coexists with swing voters, dislike of the tough police tactics required to find and deport migrants amid fierce opposition from pro migration activists. Let me translate that for you. The majority of Americans say that law enforcement should work with ICE so that we. They don't have to go out and round up some of these bad hombres because local authorities refuse to give, you know, like go along with ICE detainers. Now, what is an ICE detainer? If you don't know this, I'll explain it to you very quickly. If local law enforcement arrests an individual and they find out they're an illegal immigrant, they find out that they there's a detainer for them, a request for ICE like, hey, don't let this guy back out in the streets. We want to come get him. Because he also has X, Y and z against him when it comes to being illegal immigrant. That is what an ICE detainer does in a simplistic way. Sanctuary cities and states do not notify ICE when they have an illegal immigrant in custody that they know that federal law enforcement is looking for. That's a problem. So the majority of Americans also believe that those laws should be honored and that sanctuary cities are wrong for doing what they're doing. For example, the poll shows that 55% oppose hiring an additional 20,000 Border Patrol and ICE agents to conduct immigration raids and policing within different parts of the country. Why? Because they believe that law enforcement locally should actually be doing that job. The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice have had to take many steps to quietly deport immigrants or without the drama needed by Democrats as well as the media. For example, the DHS is stepping up paperwork checks of businesses to see if they are hiring migrants. The Washington Post even report on March 2 that at least 100 migrants were recently fired from a restaurant in D.C. after DHS officials reviewed the hiring records of 130 restaurants. The first batch of DHS letters went out on February 12. They probably won't be the last, by the way. This is something that DHS is now doing saying, quote, I think everybody is going to get one eventually is what One of the D.C. restaurants said in response to these letters. I think it's a rare. It's a rare restaurant that doesn't have a single person on their roster with questionable documentation. One restaurant had to fire 29 illegal immigrant workers. So these employers know they're hiring illegals. They're doing it anyway. When they get caught, then they fire them because they don't want to deal with the. With the aftermath. Right. On February, for example, 24th, 11 days after receiving, receiving the letter, the co owners of a restaurant said they tallied their losses at 29 employees. That was line cooks, they said, prep cooks, bartenders, servers, managers. And they sent him messages, say they would no longer be working at his well regarded restaurant because of all of these issues that we're talking about here. Now, Democrats are saying it's going to destroy the industry and that if you get rid of illegal immigrant workers, then prices are going to skyrocket, businesses are going to close, and no one's going to want to do these jobs. That's not true. That's also part of the lie. And I think everybody knows that. We've seen that. Now, I think what Americans are clearly saying in this poll, including Democrats. All right, like not, not a majority of Democrats, I want to be clear about that. But a lot more than I thought was going to say. This is what Democrats are doing. And what Democrats are saying now is they're like, yeah, we, we really want to have American citizens be first. We want American citizens to be put first. We want Americans to be able to have affordable health care. We want Americans to be able to have affordable insurance. We want Americans to be able to have affordable housing, whether that's renting or buying. Right. These are all things that have been affected by illegal immigrant labor. And so I look at this poll number and what it tells me is the President needs to understand that there is a clear mandate by the President of the United States of America to continue doing what he ran on, which was not only to secure the border, number one, okay. But number two, it was to clean up our cities with illegal immigrant criminals and those that are in this country illegally. That is what everybody really needs to understand.